Moral Animals

Ideals and Constraints in Moral Theory

Catherine Wilson

Description

Moral Animals offers a brand new approach to moral theory. Drawing on anthropology, sociology, and evolutionary theory, as well as philosophy of language and philosophy of science, Catherine Wilson shows how to understand and reconcile our moral aspirations for a just world with the constraints human nature places on us. This ambitious book will spark fresh debates within philosophy and across the social sciences.

Moral Animals

Ideals and Constraints in Moral Theory

Catherine Wilson

Table of Contents

1. Morality as a System of Advantage-Reducing Imperatives2. Paraworlds and Confirmation3. Limits on Theory I: Costs to Agents4. Limits on Theory II: Immanent Standpoints5. The Anonymity Requirement and Counterweight Principles6. The Division of the Co-operative Surplus7. The Role of a Merit Principle in Distributive Justice8. Moral Equality and 'Natural' SubordinationBibliographyIndex